00:00Don't get greedy on the kerbs there. Pick up the throttle.
00:03And there's a point in the middle where you can just floor it and the car will stick.
00:08And the line comes up very quickly for your time. It's a 1.31.4.
00:13That's not a bad time from Cadillac. They didn't get a chance to race the new upgraded car in Austria.
00:18Antonelli goes quickest into the 1.29s with him.
00:21But by the looks of it, in practice, when it wasn't overheating,
00:25actually the upgrades were pretty substantial and giving them some pace.
00:28George Russell next across the line, three-tenths behind his teammate in these early stages.
00:33So you get the best out of them on that lap.
00:37Charlie Leclerc now goes fastest for Ferrari and he needs a good weekend.
00:42I'm really willing him to have a good weekend.
00:44He's such a nice guy and he's so fast.
00:47I'd love to see Charles get his season back on track.
00:51We've got times all the way down to 11 now as Lindblad goes sixth fastest.
00:55He and Bortoleto have had a second off the pace for Stappen slots into P4.
01:00Here comes his teammate, Isaac Hadjar, will be a real confidence booster to him to go quicker.
01:05And he goes quicker than his teammate and anybody else.
01:08They are desperate for the upgrade that's coming their way, Aston Martin.
01:11Yeah, Hungary and then Zandvoort for the engine.
01:1421st for Alonso if Stroll slots in 22nd.
01:17That'll be about where we find Aston Martins currently.
01:20Here comes Lewis Hamilton behind Lance Stroll, who is 22nd.
01:24Hamilton goes quickest once more.
01:26Tenth of a second between himself and Charles Leclerc.
01:30As soon as he got the nose into the corner, he dips a little bit more tyre into the kerb
01:36there.
01:36Can he go flat out through here?
01:39Russell goes over the line and that gets him up to P5.
01:44Still four tenths shy.
01:45Check the flag is out and they can all complete their laps.
01:48Arvid Lindblad stays in the trouble area there.
01:51Down in 13th.
01:52Didn't really improve as much as he wanted.
01:54Tegasli is 12th.
01:56Esteban Ocon stays in that bottom six.
01:59We're looking for Oli Behrman, who does get himself out of the bottom six, but only just in that Haas.
02:05Is it going to be good enough to send him through?
02:07Next across the line, Fernando Alonso.
02:09That's out for him.
02:11And followed by the Haas of Esteban Ocon, who's also in that bottom six.
02:17Sergio Perez also in that bottom six.
02:20They're improving, but not by enough.
02:22Here's Lance Stroll.
02:23Aston Martin will be on the back row of the grid.
02:26This is Carlos Sainz.
02:27Albon's also on the track.
02:29Sainz does go out of that bottom six.
02:32Albon can knock out Oli Behrman if he is fast enough.
02:36Born in London races under the tie flag, of course.
02:39Alex Albon.
02:40Could he knock out a Brit?
02:41He does, you know.
02:41And he gets that Williams into the second part of qualifying.
02:46He and Sainz survive for another day.
02:48And Oli Behrman, sadly, for him, has to make way by one one hundredth of a second.
02:54Closest to the racetrack.
02:56Cadillac and Aston Martin.
03:03There was a little bit more difference, about three tenths difference, I think, in the middle part of the lap.
03:09Lando crosses the line with a 1.29.4.
03:12Behind Isaac Hadja by a tenth of a bit.
03:15Behind Max Verstappen, who's now ahead of his teammate, but only by about three one hundredths of a second.
03:20Hamilton's picked up the pace in the middle part of the lap.
03:23Oscar Piastri will be next to cross the line.
03:26And in doing so, goes quickest by a tenth of a second qualifying in 2026.
03:32Charles Leclerc now goes quickest by about two tenths of a second.
03:35Ferrari still well on top.
03:37Down the Lewis Hamilton straight comes Lewis Hamilton.
03:39And he replaces his teammate as the fastest car so far.
03:43But that ain't gonna last long.
03:44Oh, it is gonna last a bit longer.
03:46Because Kimi Antonelli actually misses out, despite acing the first two sectors.
03:51Can George Russell then put Mercedes on top?
03:54No, he can't.
03:55Only eighth fastest for George Russell.
03:57And Ferrari, particularly Leclerc, have got a cheeky little tight exit, just as we saw Lindblad doing there as well,
04:05to save a metre or two, a half a car length maybe, as you come out of the last corner
04:10when you've got to get over the line.
04:11So the two racing bulls are in that top ten at the moment.
04:14And Lawson should be fine if that projected knockout time's okay.
04:17And, well, Arvid Lindblad might be just sweating a bit.
04:22But Pierre Gasly, 11th fastest, might help him a touch.
04:25Colopinto, only 14th fastest.
04:28Might, well, keep him in touch there.
04:31There, Arvid Lindblad, put this Mercedes into the top five, which is where I would expect he's expecting to be.
04:38Russell, ooh, top seven only for Russell.
04:42Gasly, 11th.
04:43Lando Norris now drops to 10th.
04:45Can Nico Hülkenberg knock out Lando Norris?
04:48No, he can't.
04:49Quiet pit lane about to become noisy pit lane, because the happy hour is upon us, the two racing bulls.
04:56They don't want to go out first.
04:57They're just going to wait for the McLaren of Oscar Piastri.
05:01Before Arvid Lindblad pulls into the pit lane.
05:03Because you never know, there might be a slight toe, especially with a headwind down that hangar straight.
05:08That might be worth picking up a toe.
05:10Absolutely.
05:11Towards Copp's corner, it's not flat anymore.
05:13You have to have a little lift off, throw the car in to that blind corner.
05:18Lando Norris going fastest in the middle part of the lap.
05:20They might have fixed his car to his liking.
05:23A 128.7 for Oscar Piastri improves on the soft tyre by only four tenths of a second.
05:29Uh, Lindblad will be next to cross the line in his first ever British Grand Prix.
05:34Half a second down.
05:35They're probably giving up towards the end of the lap.
05:38They're not giving up for Lando Norris, though, who goes ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri.
05:43Liam Lawson will be next to cross the line.
05:47Lawson down in third.
05:49And that is now 4-0.
05:50Lando Norris in the McLaren head-to-head.
05:52It's provisional pole, though, for Kimi Antonelli with a 128.3.
05:57But Hamilton's gone quicker than Antonelli through the middle part of the lap.
06:00These two going to be contesting pole.
06:02Leclerc puts his car onto the front row.
06:05Lewis Hamilton through the veil chicane now.
06:08Claim a third pole for a sprint in Formula One.
06:12Powers to the line.
06:12He's done it.
06:13By one one-hundredth of a second, Lewis Hamilton's on pole here on Friday at Silverstone.
06:19Max Verstappen only third fastest.
06:22Hadjar and Russell can't deny Lewis Hamilton if they've got the pace.
06:26Here's Isaac Hadjar.
06:27Can he get ahead of his teammate?
06:28No, only down in P7.
06:31And it's George Russell right at the last, last car to cross the line.
06:35Does so, and he's only fifth fastest.
06:37Lewis Hamilton is back on pole here at Silverstone for the Saturday Sprint.
06:43And he's beaten Kimi Antonelli by eleven thousandths of a second.
06:48And you can see how delighted he is, even though that visor's still down.
06:54Enough forward speed to steal it.
06:56Hey, love you, Juan.
06:57Man, great job.
06:59Great job.
